Shaving-brush.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 190s.

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INVEN'IDRy D. FELIX. SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLICATION HLnnsBPT-1'r. 1907.

DAVID FELIX, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

SHAVING-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

To all 'whom it may Gomera:

Be it known that I, DAVID FELIX, hairdresser, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes for Shaving andother Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

lhe public visiting shaving saloons have, as is well known, a wellfounded objection to the use of a brush which has already been in usefor a considerable period for the purpose of lathering numerous persons,and it colisequently appears desirable that, in a well-conducted shavingsaloon, a fresh brush should be used for each customer, the cleansingand drying of shaving brushes, and the use of the same brush by severalpersons being thus abolished. Such a shaving brush being antiseptic,would doubtless be welcomed by the public at large, and this inventionrelates to that type of shaving and like brushes in which the brush partis adapted to be used once only and then discarded.

In order that my said invention may be properly understood I havehereunto appended one sheet of explanatory drawings in which Figures land 2 are, respectively, an elevation and a vertical section of oneconstruction of brush, while Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, a verticalsection illustrating a modified construction of brush, and an elevationof same with the tuft of bristles removed.

Referring to these drawings According to one arrangement in accordancewith this invention, and as illustrated by Figs. l. and 2, the tuft 2 ofhair or the like is bound in the manner heretofore usual in the case ofbrushes intended to be inserted into quills or other tubular handleswhile the handle l comprises a base fl formed with or secured to a shellor tubular part 5, an inner tubular sheath 6, a pair or set of clamps 3,consisting of spring jaws inserted within the said sheath 6 and carriedon the stem 7 which in turn is borne by the tube 5. These jaws 3 areadapted, when made to protrude beyond the outer end of the sheath 6 bypushing same down against the action of the spring 8, to spring apart toreceive the bound end of the tuil't 2, and when the pressure is releasedto be withdrawn into the sheath 6 by the rising of the same under theaction of the spring 8, with the result that the jaws 3 are forcedtogether to gri the tuft 2 by the inward pressure appliec to the jaws bythe sheath.

The sheath 6 is formed with small stops 9 to rest against the spring 8and is maintained in place by the stop pin l0 in the slot Il which itenters by the double bayonet joint notch l2 shown in dotted lines inFig. l. When the sheath 6 is in its extruded position and is turned sothat the stop pin 10 enters the notch 13, Fig. l, the sheath 6 and tube5 are locked together. By a slightly dierent arrangement as illustratedby Figs. 3 and 4 the spring 8 may be dispensed with and the outer sheathbe actuated by the fingers and locked in position as described.

A brush constructed inv accordance with this invention, while fullymeeting a want long felt in toilet saloons, may be found serviceable forother than shaving purposes; such for example, as in the application ofmedicaments, toilet preparations and the like or for other purposes forwhich the improvements are applicable. It is moreover, especiallysuitable for the use of travelers, as it obviates the risk of injury toa dressing` case by the insertion of a wet brush therein.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. In brushes for shaving or other purposes, the combination comprisinga shell containing a spring, a clamping device adapted to grip aprepared tuft of bristles and carried by said shell, a compressingsheath slidably secured to said shell and acted on by the said spring,and a bayonet joint connection between said shell and compressingsheath, substantially as described.

2. In brushes for shaving or other purposes, the combination comprisinga shell, a stem secured therein carrying a clamping device adapted togrip a prepared tuft of bristles, a compressing sheath sliding upon saidshell, and a bayonet joint connection between said shell and sheath,substantially as described.

3. In brushes for shaving or other purposes a shell, a clamping devicecarried thereby, a sheath longitudinally movable on said shell toactuate said clamping device and means for locking said sheath and shellwhen the clamping device is closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID FELIX.

Witnesses:

R. O. THOMSON, Y. BENNIE BROWNLIE.

